Holly Madison

About Holly Madison

Holly Sue Cullen, professionally known as Holly Madison, (born December 23, 1979) is an American model, showgirl and television personality. She is widely known for being one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends on the reality television series The Girls Next Door.

Although not a Playboy Playmate, she has appeared in nude pictorials with her Girls Next Door costars, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson. In 2009, she appeared as a contestant on the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars.

Holly Madison was born in Astoria, Oregon and was once a waitress and a bikini contestant for Hooters. Her appearances at the restaurant and the Hawaiian Tropic contests led to High Hefner’s physician inviting Holly to a party at the Playboy Mansion, where she would eventually move in and officially become one Hefner’s girlfriends.

Living at the mansion, gave her the opportunity to become a television personality starring in the E! Network’s The Girls Next Door reality series. After her split with Hefner in 2008, Holly continued with her television career in addition to becoming an actress, a model, and a New York Times best-selling author. She has made appearances in films like The House Bunny, Scary Movie 4, and Sharknado 3.

Even before her acrimonious split with Playboy and Hugh Hefner, Holly's career with them was up and down.

She was named Cyber Girl of the Week for 13 January 2003, only to have her profile deleted from the Cyber Club and being replaced by that of Lana Kinnear.

She appeared in three Playboy pictorials as part of "The Girls Next Door," in March 2005, September 2006, and January 2009.

Since her days with Playboy, she has been increasingly outspoken about the negatives of that experience.

As of April 2024, she has amassed 1.2 million followers on Instagram, 1.9 million followers on TikTok and 131,000 subscribers on her YouTube platform.